Not sure about the 80s, but in 1992 there was a futon store seemingly on every corner in a NJ college town where I lived at the time, futons were a bit of a fad then.
Could it be poking fun of Thomas Jefferson as he was a red head and the snake’s name is Ginger? The comic is from 1982. How long has Ginger been a term for red heads?
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